Our Whirlwind Life

Whew! What a month. I can't believe December is just about over with already. It has flown by for the Mighty Murray clan. Not that December is crazy enough with work parties, and family parties, and church parties etc. We decided kind of last minute (in my book) to add moving into the equation!

Here's the scoop, we haven't sold our old house, but we didn't want to lose the new house either, so the builder wanted us to close by Dec. 20th. I figured, we would close on the 20th, get Christmas over with and then move at a nice leisurely pace. WRONG! Richard said we were having communication issues because he never thought that at all. So, interest rates were rising, the kids wanted to do Christmas at the new house etc. etc. etc. So we closed on the 14th, the builders gave us the keys that day, after Maddie's FINAL dance recital, the work horses (aka Lynn and Jerrie) came and emptied all 5 of our clothes closets, and the moving began. By about 5:00 pm on the 15th, we were in, mostly unpacked, furniture delivered, Directv hooked up (priorities) and we were eating take out Chili's with the Olsen's.

Sunday, Erin and her kids arrived, Tuesday, Jess and her family arrived, and Tuesday night the partying began. We had lots of sleep overs and play dates, and of course lots of eating. Richard began to panic because it was such an unproductive week. But the kids had so much fun playing with all of their cousins....especially ice skating!

We ventured to the new ward on Sunday, and after choosing the wrong building (there are only 12 within 2 blocks) we finally found our new ward and it seems really great! We're excited to meet some fun new people.

We are LOVING our new house. It was so nice to have Christmas come, and not be totally stressed out on all of the loot the kids acquired. We actually had closet space for all new toys! Hallelujah! Richard came home giddy on Friday, he left work at 5:00, and made it home in 20 minutes, which means he shaved about 40 minutes off his rush-hour commute.

We're having a bit of static issue. We brace ourselves anytime we touch anything, especially a light switch, or kiss someone. The couch is an instant bad hair moment, as you can see.

The kids had a nice Christmas, Maddie got her karaoke machine (and we are all about done with Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus). Sam got the Death Star that transforms into Darth Vader (after about 4 hours of Dad working furiously on it). Brinley got an aqua doodle, and a stocking filled with kisses and peanut butter cups. She's my girl, give her chocolate and she is happy for hours!

Sam looks thrilled here. Richard thought he was going to teach Sam how to transform this lovely toy. After hour 3 (or 15 minutes really) he realized this will have to be Dad's job. It's even above Mom's paygrade.

Sorry for the marathon post, but I did have a whole month to catch up on.

Oh I almost forgot, Santa brought a stocking full of baby supplies to our house this year, which as Sam puts it, "I guess Mom is having a baby or something." So yes, we are adding baby #4 (AHHHH) in July. Sam's pulling for a boy because he is tired of being girl trapped ALL of the time. We're excited and as crazy as it is, the timing has been nice, I have been so exhausted by 10:30 every night, I don't bother staying awake worrying about 2 house payments or anything like that.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and that Santa brought all that was wanted. I hope this New Year is full of great joy, love, and happiness. On my calander for December the quote was "To be content with what we posses is the greatest and most secure of riches." In 2008, my goal is to be content with all the many blessings we have....especially my wonderful family.